Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesCohort study

Prevalence, Characteristics and Cardiovascular and Non-Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure with Supra-Normal Ejection Fraction: Insight from the JROADHF Study

Eur J Heart FailPublished

  • Prospective registry cohort study
  • nationwide registry
  • multicentre

Authors' conclusion

Heart failure with supra-normal ejection fraction is a common and distinctive phenotype, and has different characteristics and prognoses from HFnEF.

Study context

Population
Patients hospitalised with heart failure (HF), nationwide registry in Japan (JROADHF)
Participants
11,573 patients
Exposure
HFsnEF vs HF with normal ejection fraction (HFnEF)
Outcome
Composite of:
  • CV death
  • HF readmission
Follow-up
Median 870 days

Main finding

CV death or HF readmission · median 870 days

Hazard ratio

0.96

95% CI 0.88–1.05

P = 0.346

Events by group

HFsnEF vs HFnEF
HR 0.96 (95% CI 0.88–1.05); P = 0.346

As reported in the abstract

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Secondary outcomes

All-cause, CV and non-CV death; HF readmission

Incidence did not differ between HFsnEF and HFnEF

Multivariable Cox regression

HFsnEF vs HFnEF associated with lower adjusted HR for HF readmission, but not with the primary and other secondary endpoints

Subgroups (women; renal dysfunction)

HFsnEF associated with higher HR for the composite endpoint and all-cause death in women
HFsnEF associated with higher HR for all-cause death in patients with renal dysfunction

Characteristics, HFsnEF vs HFnEF

HFsnEF older, more often women, lower natriuretic peptides, smaller LV

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Original publication

Prevalence, Characteristics and Cardiovascular and Non-Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure with Supra-Normal Ejection Fraction: Insight from the JROADHF Study. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 4 June 2023. doi:10.1002/ejhf.2895

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